Burnet, the county seat of Burnet county, is beautifully and
favorably situated in the midst of encircling hills and mountains, at
an elevation of more than 1,000 feet above the sea level. Lines of
daily communicacion are had with Austin and Llano by rail, and with
Lampasas by stage. Telephone and telegraph lines give ready
connection with leading points.

High and healthful, with streets and outlying grounds adorned with
evergreen and deciduous growths, Burnet presents a park-like
appearance exceedingly attractive.

Statistics point to Burnet as one of the healthiest places in
Texas; and the remarkable purity of its atmosphere, the beauty and
picturesqueness of its surrounding scenery, the high social, moral,
and religious influences of its cultured and hospitable citizens,
together with the various Christian denominations and their organized
Churches and Sunday Schols, give it superior advantages as the seat
of an Institution of Learning.

SCHOOL BUILDING

The commodious two-story School Building, which is well adapted to
school purposes and affords accomodation for a large number of
students, is located in a beautiful grove on a slanting eminence and
overlooks a lovely prospect.

The section rooms&emdash;one of liberal size for each
teacher&emdash;are comfortably warmed, well ventilated, and
conveniently supplied with maps, charts, globes, and desks and seats
of the most improved styles. In addition to two large and well
finished recitation rooms there has been added, within the last year,
a spacious auditorium, which in the combination of utility and
artistic taste and beauty would be an ornament to any city. It is
seated with opera chairs.

A large cistern on the school campus affords an abundant supply of
pure water.

The C. C. Pearson prize, a GOLD MEDAL, was awarded to Andy
Moses for the best original Essay in a competitive contest during
Commencement week. The decision on the merits of the productions was
made by a committee not connected in any way with the High School.
Prizes offered by Miss Minnie O. Rawlings to students in
Grammar grade were awarded as follows: Tennyson's Poems to Miss
Ida Martin for highest proficiency; Gold Pen to Miss Clara
Smith for standing second.

The Principal's GOLD MEDAL was awarded to C. L. Humphrey,
who was adjudged, by the records made during the session and on
examination to have attained the highest degree of proficiency in
attendance, deportment and scholarship combined.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The next annual session of the Burnet High School will begin the
First Monday in September, 1892, and continue nine scholastic months.

There can be asked no fairer tests of the merits of the school and
its claims upon public confidence and patronage, for the soundness of
its methods of instruction and discipline, than the cheerful and
hearty endorsement of the Board of Trustees, the steady growth of the
school itself, the encouraging words of impartial critics, the almost
universal local patronage, and the long list of non-resident
students.

Competent and experienced teachers have been employed in the
various departments; and with expenses comparatively low, with good
buildings well supplied with proper appliances, with the most
advantageous natural surroundings, and the active interest, sympathy
and co-operation of an intelligent people extending a hearty, helpful
encouragement, the outlook for the future was never before so
promising.